About Faraday Township

Faraday Township, one of the only still remaining unchanged municipalities in North Hastings, is located on its extreme western border and forms the vital highway link between Toronto and Ottawa and Belleville to the south.

While the Township lays claim to being the core of a rich uranium lode, its last mine, Madawaska Mines Ltd., closed in 1982. The chief claims to its popularity lay in possessing the treasurers of excellent lumbering, mineral collecting, and noted summer resorts.

Along the shores of its vast network of lakes and rivers are situated the summer homes of hundreds of permanent cottagers as well as summer visitors to the lake-land alongside Highway 28.

Paudash Lake, an area once frequented by Indians and the Township's first residents, forms the headwaters of the great Crowe River Conservation Authority. Near Bow Lake, at the junction of Highway 28 and the Lower Faraday Road, is the Township's Community Centre and adjacent to it is the well-equipped and fully manned volunteer fire station.

The Township's population of 1,402 is well served by the many health care and volunteer services throughout our Township and Bancroft.